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No. 308,006. Patented Nov. 1.1, 1884.

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llsnrnn STATES ATENT FFICEO JAMES N. STEVENSON, OF SALVISA, KENTUCKY.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,006, dated November11, 1884.

Application filed July 29, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES N. STEVENSON, of Salvisa, in the county ofMercer and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Plows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My improved plow, although suitable for use on level ground and as acultivator after planting, is more particularly intended to be used as aside-hill corn-planter; and its main object or great advantage over theordinary double shaper and other planters is its adaptability to beworked on steep hillsides and in rocky or trashy land.

The invention consists in a supplementary plow-frame or beam-extensionadjustable to either side of the main plow-beam, and in a specialconstruction of thesame to provide for such adjustment, substantially ashereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a corn-planting plow embodyingmy invention, and Fig. 2 a plan view of the same.

A indicates the main plow-beam; B, its share O, the foot or standard,and D the colter. i

E Eare the handles of the plow, and F the corn hopper or dropper,provided, as usual, with a slide which is controlled by any appropriatehand mechanism-as, for instance, by a hand-lever, I), having its fulcrumat c, and connected by rod or chain (1 c with an arm, .9, on arock-shaft, f, and with a spring, g, said rock-shaft having an arm, I),that is 0011- nected by means of a rod, 6, with the slide in the cornhopper or dropper F, and the handlever 1) serving to open the slide todrop or deposit the corn, and the spring g to close it.

Ais the supplementary plow-beam or beamextension provided with a shoe,B, a foot or standard, 0, and a colter, D. This plowbeam extension, withits described attachments, is arranged to lie to one side of the rearportion of the main beam A, as shown by full lines in Figs. 1 and 2, orto either side of the main beam, as shown by full and dotted lines inFig. 2, to do the hillside or special work required of the plow andplanter. For this purpose the beam-extension A is fitted to revolve orturn horizontally from the back end of the main beam to opposite sidesof the latter, and to this end the connecting parts or ends of saidbeams A A are slotted horizontally, and connected by a link, G, andpivots k l with each other, as by a hinged joint. WVhen thebeam-extension A is swung to a position in line with the main beam orbeam portion A, and in rear thereof, the share B and colter D face in areverse direction to the share B and colter D of the beam A; but whensaid beam-extension A is swung or folded over horizontally on eitherside of the main beam A, as shown by full and dotted lines in Fig. 2,then the share B and colter D face in the same direction, but to oneside of the advance share B and colter D, and when the beam-extension Ais thus adjusted it is held in lock by a tooth, m, on the free end of itengaging with a latch, n, on either side of the main beam A, or by anyother suitable means.

A very important advantage of this combined plow and planter is that thehorizontallyswinging beam-extension A, with its attached share B, alwaysprovides for said share, which operates as a covering-shovel, being onthe upper side of the hill when at work.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with the beam A of the plow and its share B, of therear beamextension, A, with its attached share B, adjustable to oppositesides of the main beam A, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the beam A of the plow and its share B, of therear beameXtension, A, with its attached share B, the link G, connectingsaid beam-extension by pivots k Z with the rear end of the main beam A,and a catch for holding said beam-extension in position when swunghorizontally to either D, and pivoted link-connection G, adjustable 710side of the main beam A, essentially as deor reversible from therear'end of the main scribed. beam A to opposite sides thereof,substantially 3. In a combined plow and planter, the as shown anddescribed. combination of the main beam A with its at T tached share Band colter D, the hopper or JAMES STEVENSON dropper F, and mechanism forcontrolling the Witnesses: same, and the horizontally-swinging beam-ex-G. A. FENTON, tension A, with its attached share 13, eolter S. B.XVILsoN.

